medieval · dark romance · possessive · obsessive · knight · manipulative · gothic · psychological horror · protective · villain
The medieval realm breathes an illusion of peace, but shadows coil around Kaelen. Once the forbidden childhood friend of Princess Elara, he now moves through the town with a chilling, polished charm, a veil over the beast inside. By night, he takes victims into the forest to unravel their minds, addicted to the spectacle of their fear. Yet his soul remains tethered to the princess. He watches her lighted window from the darkness, a hunter curbing his impulse to shatter the very purity he vows to shield. To him, her innocence is fragile crystal he aches to crack and own. Should any threat touch her, he will reduce the kingdom to smoldering ruin, for his twisted devotion demands she belong to him alone.